Attachment for washboilers, kettles, &amp;c.



No. 6%,080. Patented .Oct'. l6, I900.

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DANIEL ELMER ANTHONY, OF AKRON, IOWA.

MTTl iEl-HWENT FOR WASHBOILERS, KETTLES, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,080, dated October 16, 1900.

Application filed November 20, 1899- Serial No. 737,624. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL ELMER AN- THONY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Akron, in the county of Plymouth and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for lVashboilers, Kettles, due. and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of the brace attachment in frontview. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the end of a Washboiler,showing the invention.

The invention has relation to washlooilers kettles, and other metallic vessels which are required to be inclined or tipped in pouring the contents from such vessels into other receptacles; and the invention consists in the construction and novel combination,with such vessel, of the cast-metal or sheet-metal pouring hook-lug or hook-lug attachment hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings the letter A designates a washboiler to which my invention is shown as applied.

B represents the hook-lug,which is attached to the forward end of the boiler a short distance below its upper edge, usually about three or four inches. The lug is transversely curved at its base portion to conform to the shape of the boiler end and is usually provided with the rivet-holes O O through its base portion, or it may be secured to the boiler in any suitable way in the manufacture. The upper portion of the lug consists of a short outward-curved hook, which is broad, and may be strengthened by means of a central crimp or rib (I. Usually I prefer to attach the hook to the middle portionof an end brace E,which consists of a vertical plate having a slight transverse curvature to correspond with the surface of the end of the boiler, bent into an eye f at its upper end to receive the journal portion of a handle G. The lower portion of the brace consists of the diverging branches h h, which are provided with rivetholes k at their lower ends. The upper end of the brace is also provided with rivet-holes Z Z. This brace is designed to be attached to one end or, if desired, to both ends of the boiler in such position that its upper end will be about even with or a little below the upper edge of the boiler. This hook-lug is designed to serve a very useful purpose. Washboilers and vessels in which boiling water is prepared, especially if of thin metal, are apt to become jammed in the end when the hot water and clothes or other articles are being emptied therefrom into a receiving vessel as the end of the boiler is brought heavilyin con tact with such receiving vessel, and as the place of contact is so close to the edge of the boiler the contents are apt to spill over on outside of the receiving vessel, often causing accidents by scalding. Furthermore,theselarge vessels are always inconvenient to handle'in the emptying process. This stop-hook being below the edge of the boiler some distance serves to fix the position of the boiler as it is being tipped and prevents it from slipping beyond that point. It keeps the edge of the boiler far enough over the receiving vessel to insure that all of the contents will be deposited therein.

The device will be found useful not only in washboilers,but in large boiling utensils,pots,

and preserving-kettles.

The hook-lug B is sufficiently separated from the eye f to allow the handle G to turn down against the side of the boiler out of the way of clothes being poured from the boiler.

The brace used more particularly on washboilers serves to stiffen the end of the boiler to protect it and to enable it to withstand the weight of the contents when resting on the edge of the receiving vessel.

Having described the invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The herein-described attachment for washboilers, 850., comprising the combination with the vertical end brace E riveted to the boiler and having its upper extremity bent into an eye, and its lower end portion formed into too two diverging branches riveted to the boiler clothes being poured from the boiler,snbstanat their extremities, of the hook-lug B setially as specified. IO cured to said end brace,and having the arched In testimony whereof I aflix my signature upper Wall provided with a central stiffeningin presence of two Witnesses.

-5 rib, together With the handle pivoted in said DANIEL ELMER ANTHONY.

eye, the space between said hook-lug and eye Witnesses: being sufficient to allow said handle to turn E. E. MELLEN,

down against said brace out of the Way of E. W. EDGINGTON. 

